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Question 1-(1):

Look
at the picture carefully and answer the questions given below:

What
can you see in the picture? Does the man look happy?

Give
reasons for your answer.

Answer:

Note:This
question is to be answered on the basis of your own understanding,
experience and thoughts. It is strongly recommended that you prepare
the solution on your own. However, sample solutions have been
provided for your reference.

There is a
distressed man standing in the company of a few other men, who seem
to be on board a ship. The man, definitely, doesn’t look happy.
He seems to be deep in sorrow, because his neck is hung low and his
hand slapped on his forehead.

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Question 1-(2):

Look
at the picture carefully and answer the questions given below:

Why
does he have the bird hanging around his neck?

Answer:

Note:This
question is to be answered on the basis of your own understanding,
experience and thoughts. It is strongly recommended that you prepare
the solution on your own. However, sample solutions have been
provided for your reference.

The
bird hanging around his neck might symbolize the memory of his
committing a terrible error.

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Question 1-(3):

Look
at the picture carefully and answer the questions given below:

Have
you heard of the expression- ‘having an albatross around your
neck’? What do you think it means? Does it mean:

a.
Something that you can always be proud of

b.
Something that you have to do because you have no choice

c.
Something that is with you all the time as a reminder that you have
done something wrong?

Answer:

Note:This
question is to be answered on the basis of your own understanding,
experience and thoughts. It is strongly recommended that you prepare
the solution on your own. However, sample solutions have been
provided for your reference.

c.
Something that is with you all the time as a reminder that you have
done something wrong.

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Question 1-(4):

Look
at the picture carefully and answer the questions given below:

What
is an albatross?

Answer:

Note:This
question is to be answered on the basis of your own understanding,
experience and thoughts. It is strongly recommended that you prepare
the solution on your own. However, sample solutions have been
provided for your reference.

They
are large oceanic bird who have long narrow wings and are noted for a
powerful gliding flight.

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Question 4:

Here
are some of the archaic words used in the poem; can you match them
with the words used in Modern English Language that mean the same?
The first one has been done for you as an example:

Stoppeth-

Stopped

Thy

entered

Wherefore

why

Stopp’st

you

Thou

lunatic

May’st

at once

Quoth

fainting fit

Loon

has

Eftsoons

can’t
you

Dropt

stopping

Hath

church

Spake

enemy

Kirk

yes

Paced

see

Foe

call

Aye

trouble

Ken

looking

Swound

your

Hollo

said

Plague

dropped

Look’st

spoke

Answer:

Stoppeth-

Stopped

Thy

your

Wherefore

why

Stopp’st

stopping

Thou

you

May’st

can’t
you

Quoth

said

Loon

lunatic

Eftsoons

at once

Dropt

dropped

Hath

has

Spake

spoke

Kirk

church

Paced

entered

Foe

enemy

Aye

yes

Ken

see

Swound

fainting fit

Hollo

call

Plague

trouble

Look’st

looking

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Question 5:

Using
the words given above rewrite Part1 of the poem in your own words.
The first stanza has been done as an example:

It
is an ancient Mariner,

And
he stoppeth one of three.

‘By
thy long grey beard and glittering eye,

Now
wherefore stopp’st thou me?

An old sailor
stopped one of the three people passing by, who asked: “Old
man, with your long grey beard and glittering eye, why are you
stopping me?”

Answer:

An old sailor
stopped one of the three people passing by, who asked: “Old
man, with your long grey beard and glittering eye, why are you
stopping me? The bridegroom’s doors are open and I am one of
the next family members. The guests have arrived, the feast is set.
Can’t you hear the merriment?”

The sailor held him
with his skinny hand and said: “There was a ship.” The
wedding guest, disgustingly said, “Let go of me, you lunatic
person,” and dropped his hand.

However, the sailor
captivated his attention with his glittering eye; the wedding guest
stood still. He was all ears to the old sailor, just like a three
years old child, because now the mariner had his will.

The wedding guest
was left with no choice but to listen to the ancient sailor. Thus
began the narration of the ancient mariner. “There was a loud
cheer on board, and the harbor has clear, for the sun to rise above
the church, the hill, the lighthouse.

The sun came up upon
the left and shone bright all day, and set on the right, going down
the sea. The sun rose higher and higher everyday till it touched the
mast on noon.”

The Wedding Guest
beat his breast in impatience because he could hear the loud musical
instrument being played.

The bride had
started walking down the hall. She was as red as the rose. Before her
went a merry procession of singers and musicians.

The wedding guest
didn’t have a choice but to hear. Thus continued the mariner:
“Then came the storm, severe and strong. The storm overtook
them, and chased the ship southwards.

The cruel torturous
ways of the storm is described here. The storm blew harsh, yelled and
chased them towards south. The ship’s steer hung low.

They witnessed both
mist and snow. The weather became wondrous cold with ice everywhere
as bright and clear as emerald.

The floating ice and
steep sides of the ice-bergs formed a dismayed sheen, that is, a
smooth bright surface of ice.

There was ice all
around them. The ice cracked, growled, roared and howled, like noises
of a person in a fainting fit.

Then, the albatross
arrived through the fog. It was hailed in God’s name, as a
Christian soul.

It ate the food it
had never eaten and flew round the ship. Then, a miracle occurred,
when the ice cracked and the helmsman could steer the ship through
the ice.

Throughout their
journey down south, the albatross followed them, and everyday, came
for food or play, at the call of the mariners. The nights turned to
become “glimmered” like “the white moonshine.”

Part 1 of the poem
concludes with the ancient mariner possessing an ill omen about the
albatross. This part of the narration gave the ancient mariner a
troubled look. When asked the reason for the same by the wedding
guest, the mariner let it out and revealed the terrible truth that he
shot the albatross.

Answer:

ii.
the wedding guest wanted to know why the mariner was looking so
tormented

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Question 6-(j):

'It
perched for vespers nine' means………

i.
the ship stopped sailing at nine o'clock every day

ii.
the albatross would appear at a fixed time everyday.

iii.
the albatross would sit on the sail or the mast everyday

iv.
the albatross was a holy creature

Answer:

ii.
the albatross would appear at a fixed time every day.

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Question 6-(i):

The
two things that happened after the arrival of the albatross were ……

i.
the icebergs split and the albatross became friendly with the sailors

ii.
the icebergs split and a strong breeze started blowing

iii.
the ship was pushed out of the land of mist and the ice melted.

iv.
the albatross started playing with the mariners and ate the food they
offered.

Answer:

iii.
the ship was pushed out of the land of mist and the ice melted.

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Question 6-(h):

The sailors were happy to see the albatross because……..

i. it was the first sign of life and therefore gave them hope that they might survive

ii. it split the icebergs around the ship and helped the ship move forward.

iii. it was a messenger from God and it lifted the fog and mist.

iv. it gave them hope of survival by splitting the icebergs.

Answer:

ii. it split the icebergs around the ship and helped the ship move forward.

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Question 6-(g):

The
sailors felt depressed on reaching the land of mist and snow
because……

i.
there was no sign of any living creature

ii.
they felt they would die in that cold weather

iii.
they were surrounded by icebergs and there seemed to be no sign of
life

iv.
everything was grey in colour and they felt very cold

Answer:

iii.
they were surrounded by icebergs and there seemed to be no sign of
life

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Question 6-(f):

The
storm blast has been described as being tyrannous because……….

i.
it was so fierce that it frightened the sailors

ii.
it took complete control of the ship

iii.
the storm was very powerful

iv.
the sailors were at its mercy

Answer:

iv.
the sailors were at its mercy

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Question 6-(e):

The
Wedding-Guest beat his breast because…………

i.
he could hear the sound of the bassoon

ii.
he was forced to listen to the Mariner's tale when he wanted to
attend the wedding

iii.
the sound of the bassoon meant that the bride had arrived and the
wedding ceremony was about to begin and he could not attend it.

iv.
the sound of the bassoon announced the arrival of the bride and the
start of the wedding ceremony

Answer:

iii.
the sound of the bassoon meant that the bride had arrived and the
wedding ceremony was about to begin and he could not attend it.

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Question 6-(d):

'The
sun came up upon the left, /Out of the sea came he;'This line tells
us that the ship………………….

i.
was moving in the northern direction

ii.
was moving eastwards

iii.
was moving in the western direction

iv.
was moving towards the south

Answer:

iv.
was moving towards the south

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Question 6-(c):

'He
cannot choose but hear' means………

i.
the mariner was forced to hear the story of the wedding guest

ii.
the wedding guest was forced to hear the story of the mariner

iii.
the mariner had the choice of not listening to the story of the
wedding guest

iv.
the wedding guest had the choice of not listening to the story of the
mariner

Answer:

ii.
the wedding guest was forced to hear the story of the mariner

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Question 6-(b):

The
wedding guest remarked that he was 'next of kin' which means that
……..

i.
he was a close relation of the bridegroom

ii.
he was a close relation of the bride

iii.
he was next in line to get married

iv.
he had to stand next to the bridegroom during the wedding

Answer:

i.
he was a close relation of the bridegroom

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Question 6-(a):

The
Ancient Mariner stopped one of the three wedding guests because…………

i.
he wanted to attend the wedding with him

ii.
he wanted him to sit with him

iii.
he wanted him to listen to his story

iv.
he wanted to stop him from going to the wedding

Answer:

iii.
he wanted him to listen to his story.

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Question 7-(i):

What
was the terrible deed done by the Mariner? Why do you think he did
it?

Answer:

The
terrible deed done by the Mariner was that he shot the albatross. I
think he did it because he considered its presence to be a bad omen.

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Question 7-(h):

How
do we know that the albatross was not afraid of the humans? Why did
the sailors hail it in God’s name?

Answer:

It
can be said for sure that the albatross didn’t fear humans
because it followed the mariners day and night and ate and played
with them as well. The sailors hailed it in God’s name because
it
was a messenger from God which lifted the fog and mist.

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Question 7-(g):

How
does the mariner express the fact that the ship was completely
surrounded by icebergs?

Answer:

The words “the
ice was here, the ice was there, the ice was all around,” gives
us the picture of the ship surrounded, or rather, caught completely
by the icebergs.

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Question 7-(f):

How
did the sailors reach the land of mist and snow?

Answer:

The
sailors were caught amidst a huge severe storm. This fierce storm
chased their ship southwards. The masts started to stoop down and the
front of the ship dipped low, indicating the loss of control of the
ship, in the hands of the storm.

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Question 7-(e):

What
kind of weather did the sailors enjoy at the beginning of their
journey? How has it been expressed in the poem?

Answer:

The beginning of the
journey witnessed very nice and favourable weather conditions. The
sun rose bright and shone bright on the mast a noon.. Things like the
church, the hill and the lighthouse top signify life, society and
human lives, which becomes a bleak idea soon in the later part of the
poem.

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Question 7-(d):

How does the mariner describe the movement of the ship as it sails away from the land?

Answer:

The mariner described the movement of the ship as it sailed away from the land in a very animated and interesting way. His description was so realistic that the wedding guest was mesmerised. As the ship moved southward, the weather was pleasant. But soon the weather started changing for the worst. First, a storm broke. It later turned to mist and snow, due to which their ship was stuck in ice.

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Question 7-(c):

Describe
the ancient mariner.

Answer:

The poem’s
protagonist, he is unnaturally old, with skinny, deeply-tanned limbs
and a “glittering eye.”He sets sail from his native
country with two hundred other men who are all saved from a strange,
icy patch of ocean when they are kind to an Albatross that lives
there. Impulsively and inexplicably, he shoots the Albatross with his
crossbow and is punished for his crime by a spirit who loved the
Albatross. He is cursed to be haunted indefinitely by his dead
shipmates, and to be compelled to tell the tale of his downfall at
random times. Each time he is compelled to share his story with
someone, he feels a physical agony that decreases only temporarily
once he finishes telling the tale.

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Question 7-(b):

Was
the wedding guest happy to be stopped? Give reasons for your answer.

Answer:

The wedding guest
was extremely displeased to be stopped. This statement can be
justified by taking instances from the poem where he tries to shrug
off his hand, in order to proceed towards the wedding ceremony. His
impatience is also noticed when he says he is one of the next family
members who should be present in the wedding However, the ancient
mariner holds him with his “glittering” eyes, forcing him
to listen to the story.. The wedding guest started beating his breast
as well, in between the narration, hearing the sounds of large
instruments being played.

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Question 7-(a):

How
did the ancient mariner stop the wedding guest?

Answer:

The ancient mariner
held the wedding guest with his skinny hand, and forced him into
listening to him, capturing his attention with his glittering eyes.
His gaze was so strong and intense, that even though the wedding
guest did not want to listen to the story, he was forced to, much
against his will.

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Question 8:

There are a number of literary device used in the poem. Some of them have been listed below. Choose the right ones and write them down in the table as shown in the example. In each of the cases explain what they mean.

Simile; the wedding guest was completely under the control of the mariner

2.

Below the kirk, below the hill,

Below the lighthouse top

3.

The sun came up upon the left,

Out of the sea came he

4.

The bride hath paced into the hall,

Red as a rose is she

5.

And now the storm-blast came,

and he was tyrannous and strong:

6.

With sloping masts and dipping prow,

As who pursued with yell and blow

Still treads the shadow of his foe

7.

The ice was here, the ice was there,

The ice was all around

Answer:

1.

The Wedding-Guest stood still, And listens like a three years' child:

Simile; the wedding guest was completely under the control of the mariner

2.

Below the kirk, below the hill,

Below the lighthouse top

Alliteration; the alphabet ‘b’ is repeated several times

3.

The sun came up upon the left,

Out of the sea came he

Personification; the sun is personified as someone

4.

The bride hath paced into the hall,

Red as a rose is she

Simile; the bride is compared to a red rose

5.

And now the storm-blast came,

and he was tyrannous and strong:

Hyperbole; the extremity of brutality of the storm is portrayed.

6.

With sloping masts and dipping prow,

As who pursued with yell and blow

Still treads the shadow of his foe

Personification; ‘of his foe’ implies reference to the image as an individual

7.

The ice was here, the ice was there,

The ice was all around

Repetition; the word ‘ice’ is repeated several times in the reference.

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Question 9:

In groups of four
discuss what you think happens next in the poem. Share your views
with the rest of the class.

Answer:

Note:
This
question is to be answered on the basis of your own understanding,
experience and thoughts. It is strongly recommended that you prepare
the solution on your own. However, a few pointers for discussion have
been provided for your reference.

Few points you can
discuss on:

The
condition of the weather;

The
plight of the ancient mariner;

The
response of the fellow sailors;

The
onward journey.

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Question 11-(k:

Why did the mariners
hang the albatross around the neck of the Ancient Mariner?

Answer:

The mariners hung
the albatross around the neck of the Ancient Mariner as a cursed
reminder, so that the thought could plague him for the rest of his
life.

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Question 11-(j:

Describe the condition of the mariners as expressed in the thirteenth stanza.

Answer:

And every tongue, through utter drought,

Was withered at the root;

We could not speak, no more than if

We had been choked with soot.

The condition of the mariners seem to be very pathetic and in a state of dismay. Their tongues and throats were parched at the root, with thirst. The sailors’ inability to speak can be well understood in the phrase: “We could not speak, no more than if/We had been choked with soot.”

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Question 11-(i:

What or who did the
mariners feel was responsible for their suffering?

Answer:

The mariners feel
the absence of the albatross is the reason for their suffering. Thus,
they blame the ancient mariner for killing the albatross.

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Question 11-(h:

What is the narrator trying to convey through the description of the situation in the tenth and eleventh stanza?

Answer:

In these stanzas, the narrator tries to convey the standstill description of the ocean and the ship. Everything rot because of the motionless sea. Animals from deep within the ocean had come out of their places and crawled in the slimy sea.

At night, the 'death-fires' seemed to dance near them. The narrator refers to the sea water as the witch's oil. Just like a witch's oil has many shades and keeps boiling, the sea water also had 'green, blue and white' colours. However, this was due to the different coloured creatures crawling in the sea.

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Question 11-(g:

What
is the irony in the ninth stanza? Explain it in your own words.

Answer:

The
stanza “Water,
water, everywhere,/And all the boards did shrink;/Water, water,
everywhere,/Nor any drop to drink,” explains the irony as to
how the presence of water in abundance is of no use to the sailors.
The water of the ocean is salty, and thus inappropriate for the
sailors to quench their thirst.

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Question 11-(f:

How
does the mariner describe the fact that they were completely
motionless in the middle of the sea?

Answer:

The
stanza “Day
after day, day after day,/We stuck, nor breath nor motion;/As idle as
a painted ship/Upon a painted ocean,” portrays a still picture
of the sea and the ship.

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Question 11-(e:

What
is indicated by the line 'The bloody sun, at noon,/Right up above the
mast did stand,/No bigger than the moon'?

Answer:

This
line indicates the excessive heat of the sun, which shone above the
mast at noon. The word ‘bloody’ shows how unwelcome the
sun was.

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Question 11-(d:

How
did the sailing conditions change after the ship had moved out of the
land of mist and snow? What or who did the mariners blame for this
change?

Answer:

The
breeze dropped down, making the sails drop down as well. The ship
came to a standstill. The mariners blamed the ancient mariner for
this change because he had killed the albatross which brought the
breeze.

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Question 11-(c:

How
did the other mariners behave towards the Ancient Mariner at first?
How many times did they change their mind about the Ancient Mariner?
What does this tell us about their character?

Answer:

The
other mariners rebuked him at first to have killed the albatross.
However, they changed their mind immediately after that to praise the
ancient mariner who killed the bird which brought in fog and mist.
This shows how confused the mariners were, to set up a fixed notion
about the ancient sailor.

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Question 11-(b:

Why
does the mariner say that 'no sweet bird did follow'?

Answer:

The
mariner says that no sweet bird did follow with reference to the
albatross which followed them a few days back, and now is dead.

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Question 11-(a:

In
which direction did the ship start moving? How can you say?

Answer:

The
ship started moving northwards. This can be said because the line in
the poem says: “the sun now rose upon the right.”

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Question 12:

Like
part one, the second part also has a number of literary devices. List
them out in the same way as you had done in question number seven and
explain them.

Answer:

Out
of the sea came he,

personification
of the sun.

Nor
dim nor red, like God's own head,

Simile

The
furrow followed free,

alliteration

Water,
water, everywhere,

And
all the boards did shrink;

Water,
water, everywhere,

Nor
any drop to drink.

repetition

As
idle as a painted ship

Upon
a painted ocean,

simile,
hyperbole

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Question 13:

What is the rhyme
scheme of the poem?

Answer:

“The Rime of
the Ancient Mariner” is written in loose, short ballad stanzas
usually either four or six lines long but, occasionally, as many as
nine lines long. The meter is also somewhat loose, but odd lines are
generally tetrameter, while even lines are generally trimeter. (There
are exceptions: In a five-line stanza, for instance, lines one,
three, and four are likely to have four accented
syllables—tetrameter—while lines two and five have three
accented syllables.) The rhymes generally alternate in an ABAB or
ABABAB scheme, though again there are many exceptions; the nine-line
stanza in Part III, for instance, rhymes AABCCBDDB. Many stanzas
include couplets in this way—five-line stanzas, for example,
are rhymed ABCCB, often with an internal rhyme in the first line, or
ABAAB, without the internal rhyme.

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Question 14:

Find
examples of the use of interesting sounds from the poem and explain
their effect on the reader.

1.

The
ice 'cracked and growled and roared and howled'

Coleridge
uses onomatopoeic words which use harsh 'ck' sounds to make the
ice sound brutal. He also gives the ice animal sounds to give the
impression it has come alive and is attacking the ship

Answer:

1.

The
ice 'cracked and growled, Coleridge uses onomatopoeic words which
and roared and howled'

Coleridge
uses which onomatopoeic words and roared and howled' use harsh
'ck' sounds to make the ice sound brutal. He also gives the ice
animal sounds to give the impression it has come alive and is
attacking the ship

The
fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,

Cnomatopoeic
words which give a smooth picture of the breeze blowing.

O
Christ!

This
word exclaims the terror and the horror with which the miserable
condition of the sailors is expressed.